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Short interstitial bits complete the action, and show the sense of humor that accompanies the performance: in the first, a waiter asks customers whether they want the meat or vegetarian options, and a man with a thick Indian accent informs him: “I would like a wedgie, and my wife also would like a wedgie.” In another, a Simon Cowell-modeled judge evaluates three comedians performing to become “Indian Idol.” In the end, the one who would be winner is dismissed: “Sorry, you?...
...interact with her. Not every student can count on such decisive action. Meredith's son Adam, 14 (both mother's and son's names have been changed), attends a private boarding school in the English countryside. Classmates repeatedly pick on Adam for being small for his age and a vegetarian; they deliberately bump into him and vandalize his property. Meredith says Adam's school simply pretends there's no problem. "I've made dozens of phone calls but no one ever gets back to me," she says. "It's as if he doesn't exist." School officials did not respond...
Trager chose to keep his Judaism under wraps while in Lebanon. While getting a haircut on his second day abroad, he told the man sitting next to him—a well-educated Druze lawyer—that he was a “German-Irish Unitarian vegetarian,” the last part so that he could keep kosher without raising any eyebrows...
...contradictions don’t end there. Xuan is a Phi Beta Kappa Biochemical Sciences concentrator currently applying to med school. But he is also a resident—and current co-president—of the progressive Dudley Co-Op, a strict vegetarian and a “novice” member of the avant-garde. He’s a self-described private person, and yet according to his friends, you often can’t get the kid to shut...
...earned money on something that they oppose.” But if the University were to follow that logic, students would be allowed to opt out of myriad policies with which they feel moral conflict. Those against modern medical practices could opt out of the health services fee entirely. Vegetarian students would be allowed to abstain from portions of their meal plan fees, ensuring that their hard earned dollars were not going towards the purchase of meat. These abstentions are not allowed, and for good reason. Opening up an opt-out policy across the board would lead to considerable funding...